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Harlow, G.E., Jr., Nelms, D.L., and Puller, J.C., 1999, Ground-water dating to assess aquifer susceptibility: American Water Works Association, 1999 Water Resources Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, Water Resource Management: Source-of Supply Challenges.     on-line button

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, G.E., Jr.,  2000, The Virginia aquifer susceptibility study: Dating of ground water for source water assessment [abs.], in Poff, J.A., and Shabman, Leonard, (eds.) 1999 Virginia Water Research Symposium: Integrating science into development and implementation of effective water resource policies Virginia Water Resources Research Center, p. 149.     on-line button

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, G.E., Jr.,  2001, Preliminary results from chlorofluorocarbon-based dating for determination of aquifer susceptibility in Virginia [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001:  Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 5.      on-line button
Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr.,  Plummer, L.N., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2002, Susceptibility of fractured-rock aquifers in Virginia based on ground-water dating techniques [abs.],  in  Fracture-rock aquifers 2002, National Ground Water Association, p. .     on-line button                     

Nelms, D.L., Plummer, L.N., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 1999, Ground-water dating to predict aquifer susceptibility in crystalline terranes of Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 3, p. 78.     on-line button

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, G.E., Jr.,  (In review), Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia: Chemical and isotopic composition, recharge temperatures, and apparent ages of water from wells and springs, 1998-2000:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report


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Virginia Ground Water Protection Steering Committee meeting,
November 2000, Richmond, Va.
   
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USGS Workshop on Ground-Water Availability and Vulnerability in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge,
June 2001, Richmond, Va.
  
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2001 Virginia Water Research Symposium,
November 2001, Charlottesville, Va.
  
National Ground Water Association Fractured Rock 2002,
March 2002, Denver, Colo.
  

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Busenberg, Eurybiades, and Plummer, L.N., 1997, Use of sulfur hexafluoride as a dating tool and as a tracer of igneous and volcanic fluids in ground water [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-78.

Busenberg, Eurybiades and Plummer, L.N., 2000, Dating young groundwater with sulfur hexafluoride: Natural and anthropogenic sources of sulfur hexafluoride: Water Resources Research, v. 36, no. 10, p. 3011-3030.

Dunkle, S.A., Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Phillips, P.J., Denver, J.M., Hamilton, P.A., Michel, R.L., and Coplen, T.B., 1993, Chlorofluorocarbons (CCl3F and CCl2F2) as dating tool and hydrologic tracers in shallow groundwater of the Delmarva Peninsula, Atlantic Coastal Plain, United States: Water Resources Research, v. 29, no. 12, p. 3837-3860.

Focazio, M.J., 1997, Ground-water residence times in shallow aquifers of the Chesapeake Bay watershed [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-76.

Focazio, M.J., Plummer, L.N., Böhlke, J.K., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Bachman, L.J., and Powars, D.S., 1998, Preliminary estimates of residence times and apparent ages of ground water in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and water-quality data from a survey of springs: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4225, 75 p.     on-line button

McFarland, E.R., 1997, Hydrogeologic framework, analysis of ground-water flow, and relations to regional flow in the Fall Zone near Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4021,  56 p.

Nelms, D.L., 1997, Use of chlorofluorocarbons to delineate ground-water-flow systems, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-76.     on-line button

Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J, 1993, Use of chlorofluorocarbons to age date ground water in Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: Collected abstracts of the 1993 Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Virginia, April 12-14, 1993, p. 67.   on-line button

Nelms, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1993, Well-construction, water-level, and ground-water-quality data for Prince William County, Virginia, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-443, 73 p.

Nelms, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1997, Hydrogeology of, quality and recharge ages of ground water in, Prince William County, Virginia, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4009,  58 p.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr.,  and Brockman, A.R., 2001, Apparent chlorofluorocarbon age of ground water of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4179, 51 p.  on-line button

Plummer, L. N., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Böhlke, J.K., Carmody, R.W., Casile, G.C., Coplen, T.B., Doughten, M.W., Hannon, J.E., Kirkland, Wandee, Michel, R.L., Nelms, D.L., Norton, B.C., Plummer, K.E., Qi, H., Revesz, K., Schlosser, Peter, Spitzer, Shane, Wayland, J.E., and Widman, P.K., 2000, Chemical and isotopic composition of water from springs, wells, and streams in parts of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, and vicinity, 1995-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-373, 70 p.

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Böhlke, J.K., Nelms, D.L., Michel, R.L., and Schlosser, Peter, 2000, Ground-water residence times and water-quality trends in spring discharge from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Eos, May 9, 2000, American Geophysical Union, p. S260.

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., Böhlke, J.K., Nelms, D.L., Michel, R.L., and Schlosser, P., 2001, Groundwater residence times in Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA: A multi-tracer approach. Chemical Geology, v. 179, p. 93-111.     on-line button

Plummer, L.N., Nelms, D.L., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Böhlke, J.K., and Schlosser, Peter, 1999, Residence times of ground water and spring discharge in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no.7, p. A-331.

Speiran, G.K., 1996, Geohydrology and geochemistry near coastal ground-water-discharge areas of the Eastern Shore of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2479, 73 p.


Publications on ground-water dating methods title bar

Busenberg, Eurybiades, and Plummer, L. N., 1991, Chlorofluorocarbons (CCl3F and CCl2F2)-- Use as an age dating tool and hydrologic tracer in shallow ground-water systems; in Mallard G. L. and Aronson, D. A. (eds.), Proceedings, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program, technical meeting. Monterey, Calif., March 11-15, 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4034, p. 542-547.

Busenberg, Eurybiades, and Plummer, L.N., 1992, Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CCl3F and CCl2F2) as hydrologic tracers and age-dating tools--The alluvium and terrace system of central Oklahoma: Water Resources Research, v. 28, no.9, p. 2257-2283.

Busenberg, Eurybiades, and Plummer, L.N., 1993, Use of trichlorofluorocarbon-113 (CFC-113) as a hydrologic tracer and age-dating tool for young ground water, (abs.): Geological Society of America, 1993 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, 1993, p. A-365.

Clark, I.D., and Fritz, Peter, 1997, Environmental isotopes in hydrogeology: New York, Lewis Publishers, 328 p.

Michel, R.L., 1989, Tritium deposition in the Continental United States 1953-1983: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4072, 46 p.

Plummer, L.N., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2000, Chlorofluorocarbons, in Cook, P., and Herczeg, A., eds., Environmental tracers in subsurface hydrology, chapter 15: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 441-478.

Schlosser Peter, Stute, Martin, Dorr, H., Sonntag, C.,  and Munnich, K.O., 1988, Tritium/3He dating of shallow groundwater: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 89:353-62.

Schlosser, Peter, 1992, Tritium/3He dating of waters in natural systems, in Isotopes of noble gases as tracers in environmental studies: Vienna, IAEA, p. 123-145.

Solomon, D.K., and Sudicky, E.A., 1991, Tritium and helium-3 isotope ratios for direct estimation of spatial variations in groundwater recharge: Water Resources Research, v. 27, no. 9, p. 2309-2319.

An extensive list of references on dating of ground water may be found at the following site:
USGS Reston CFC Lab

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